Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Spot the difference: LibDem & UKIP donor controversies

Well done to Michael Crick for pointing out the differences in the way the LibDems and UKIP are treated with regard to what it the BBC considers to be iffy donations.

Fairness from the BBC!

Iain Dale has also covered this - and has received some interesting replies to his "Spot the difference(s)":
Case A: Alan Bown gave a political party £363,697

1) It was his money
2) He had a business trading in this country, making him eligible to donate money
3) He was not on the electoral register when he donated although he was the year before, and also the year afterwards.

Case B: Michael Brown gave a political party £2.7m

1) It was not his money, he had defrauded it
2) His business was not trading in the UK, so therefore he was ineligible to donate money
3) He was not on the electoral register; neither was he the year afterwards, nor the year before.
Can you find more?

Cross-posted

1 comments:

Steve Halden said...

Burglars and muggers often got off with a caution.

Thanet Council in Kent make a tiny clerical error on the electoral role, and UKIP gets fined £363000.

Does the punishment fit the crime?

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